fit FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DES TRADUCTEURS INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF TRANSLATORS

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fit FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DES
TRADUCTEURSINTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF
TRANSLATORS
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fit International Federation of Translators

• An international organization of translators
  associations in five continents
• Council, Executive Committee, Regional Centers,
  Committees Permanent Secretariat
• International congress every 3 years
• Prizes and awards
• Publications

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fit International Federation of Translators

• Translators Charter
• UNESCO (Nairobi) recommendation
• International Translation Day
• FIT 50-Year Anniversary
• Contacts to CISAC, etc.

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FIT Committee for Court Interpreting and Legal
Translation

• Liese Katschinka, Chairperson
• Christiane Driesen, Germany
• Danuta Kierszkowska, Poland
• Nancy Schweda-Nicholson, USA
• Satu Leinonen, Finland
• Monique Rouzet-Lelièvre, France

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FIT Committee for Court Interpreting and Legal
Translation

• The mandate of the Committee
• To organize international meetings as a platform
  for legal translators and court interpreters to
  meet and exchange opinions and experiences
• To participate in international projetcs
  concerning LTCI
• To assist national associations in implementing
  their public tasks
• To contribute to promoting the professional
  status of legal translators and court
  interpreters
• To ensure adequate dissemination of information
  about legal translation and court interpreting.

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Procedural Rights in Criminal Proceedings

• February 2002 EU Commission sent out a
  questionnaire to Ministries of Justice and Home
  Affairs
• April 2004 Proposal for a Council Framework
  Decision on certain procedural rights in criminal
  proceedings
• Still pending

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Procedural Rights in Criminal Proceedings

• The right to legal advice, including the level of
  legal aid
• The right to interpretation and translation for
  non-native defendants
• The right to specific attention for persons who
  cannot understand or follow the proceedings
• The right to communication and/or consular
  assistance
• The way in which the suspect/defendant is
  notified of his/her rights (Letter of Rights)

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Procedural Rights in Criminal Proceedings

• The right to free interpretation
• The right to free translation of relevant
  documents
• Accuracy of the translation and interpretation
• Recording the proceedings
• Recognition of case law of European Court of
  Human Rights European Convention on Human
  Rights and Fundamental Freedoms